Hello all,
I am very new to this so apologise if I am posting in the wrong place.....I am looking for some help. My dad's family were all from Birningham but very little is known about them so I am doing some digging so that my daughter doesn't end up in teh same boat one day!
So far i know that my grandparents, Walter Leslie Draper and Rosina Bragg were married in arround 1928 and my grandfather died in 1941 in an accident at his billet whilst in the RAF.
My grandmother remarried and died in 1978, when I was 5, as Rosina Clements.
I am looking for information on the generation before ideally.
My great grandmother Rosina E Bragg (married name I assume) is listed as passing away in 1967 ( last quarter i believe) but past this i have no information on her. She had 5 /6/ 7 daughetrs who I belive are Ada, Hilda, Clara, Rosina, Jennie and maybe Jean. I can't find anything about her maiden name or marriage etc and would love to find out more about her and he husband whose name I sadly do not know.
On my grandfathers side, Walter although i have been told he was known as Les, I have found a listing of him at 1 Greenfield Street ( I think) in Harborne in 1911 aged 5, he had a brother called George (known as Vic) who I have discovered passed away around teh same time as my dad, 1997.
His parents are listed as Arthur and Kathleen and I belive she was of Irish decent with the maiden surname Glover.
My dad Michael Draper (9.11.35 - 16.4.97), younger brother of Malcolm ( passed away in 1992, and older brother of Fay, living the high life in Oz) lived in Harborne as far as I am aware during his childhood and attended Station Road school, i have some old pictures of the football team from the late 40's. He also attended National Service after this.
If you have any information, I would be eternally grateful if you could fill in some gaps for me.
Thank you
I am very new to this so apologise if I am posting in the wrong place.....I am looking for some help. My dad's family were all from Birningham but very little is known about them so I am doing some digging so that my daughter doesn't end up in teh same boat one day!
So far i know that my grandparents, Walter Leslie Draper and Rosina Bragg were married in arround 1928 and my grandfather died in 1941 in an accident at his billet whilst in the RAF.
My grandmother remarried and died in 1978, when I was 5, as Rosina Clements.
I am looking for information on the generation before ideally.
My great grandmother Rosina E Bragg (married name I assume) is listed as passing away in 1967 ( last quarter i believe) but past this i have no information on her. She had 5 /6/ 7 daughetrs who I belive are Ada, Hilda, Clara, Rosina, Jennie and maybe Jean. I can't find anything about her maiden name or marriage etc and would love to find out more about her and he husband whose name I sadly do not know.
On my grandfathers side, Walter although i have been told he was known as Les, I have found a listing of him at 1 Greenfield Street ( I think) in Harborne in 1911 aged 5, he had a brother called George (known as Vic) who I have discovered passed away around teh same time as my dad, 1997.
His parents are listed as Arthur and Kathleen and I belive she was of Irish decent with the maiden surname Glover.
My dad Michael Draper (9.11.35 - 16.4.97), younger brother of Malcolm ( passed away in 1992, and older brother of Fay, living the high life in Oz) lived in Harborne as far as I am aware during his childhood and attended Station Road school, i have some old pictures of the football team from the late 40's. He also attended National Service after this.
If you have any information, I would be eternally grateful if you could fill in some gaps for me.
Thank you